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[gcj]

We don't have agencies here is Quebec. What exactly do they do? What does it change?

[BrightEyes]

Congratulations and good luck!

[Inspired by Reggio]

We don't have agencies here is Quebec. What exactly do they do? What does it change?

In Ontario "agencies" are the ones licensed under our Day Nusery Act to partner with the government to offer parents subsidized child care and this model is required to meet additional benchmarks that private daycare does not - aka stricter ratios and so forth ... so they advertise for clients and clients sign up with them and than the agency subcontracts providers to actually provide the service the client needs as a middleman ... they interview with the provider to ensure those home meets DNA requeirements and than they sign a contract for service and pay the provider x\day for every child placed with the provider through them providing services outlined in the contract - provider is still considered self employed within that contract obligation and can still choose to accept any client refered or tell the agency it's not working and is responsible for all their own book keeping for tax purposes ... but agency deals with collection of fees and terminations and so forth with clients.

There are some benefits to the model for those who hate dealing with collecting fees or client conflict the agency is there to mediate and deal with it ... this is also the only model option for clients who need government assistance with fees...as private businesses we cannot accept clients who need this service.